Mary Ahn

Mary S. Ahn, MD, is a Professor at UMass Chan Medical School and currently serves as Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs. She holds affiliations in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and previously in Pediatrics at T.H. Chan School of Medicine. Her career spans academic leadership, clinical psychiatry, and medical education. Dr. Ahn earned her BA in Biology and Psychology from Johns Hopkins University (1994) and MD from the University of Illinois at Chicago (1998). She completed residencies in General Psychiatry (2002) and Child Psychiatry (2003) at Massachusetts General/McLean Hospitals.

Her research focuses on healthcare leadership, faculty development, and academic promotion strategies. Clinical interests include executive coaching for healthcare teams and improving educational practices in psychiatry. Her work bridges psychiatric care with leadership training, emphasizing interdisciplinary collaboration and leadership in academic settings.

Publications highlight her contributions to faculty development programs, clinical training in young adult psychiatry, and neuroimaging studies in pediatric bipolar disorder. Her recent work emphasizes strategies for clinical faculty advancement and team-based healthcare leadership.

Dr. Ahn’s professional networks include collaborations with experts in psychiatry and medical education. Her work has garnered attention in 17 news outlets and is widely shared on academic platforms like Mendeley.